Tired

Did I ever mention Wakely Vet again? Well if you were wondering what happened with that interview, I didn't get the job (otherwise I probably would have mentioned it). The only thing is, the Vet never even called me about it. I called him many times and left messages, but I guess he doesn't need to bother about calling me back since I didn't get the job anyway. Another girl from my year got the job. Still, it would've been nice to be called, even if it's just a, 'Hi, how are you? Sorry, no you didn't get the job.' And that's it. That allll I need, but it never came.

Oh well.

So sorry I haven't had time to put up photos from my trip to Fiji, but I've been working my arse off the past 4 days at the Seafood Store/Fish Shop (whichever you prefer). Which now reminds me... I wonder how much I got paid for the past 4 days of work? I should go check my pay envelope!

I worked sorta normal hours Wed and Thurs, but Friday I worked 7am to 5pm and Saturday from 7am to 6pm. Okay, so that may not sound like much, but if you think about wearing gumboots and walking around for the whole day (which means you're practically walking on the hard tiles all day) plus getting poked in the hand by prawn heads and fish fins (you don't know how much it hurts unless you've been poked before!) all day... it's a very long time to work. We're not just sitting at the office like most other people do.

I actually didn't work that hard already. Some girls I know started at 7am on Fri, finished at 8pm, THEN started on Sat at 3am, then finished at 4pm. Now THAT's hard work if you ask me. So to all you people who sit on your arse all day then complain about what a hard day it was, shut up. Think about all those other people who have to stand/walk around all day on hard tiles.

My feet are killing me, plus all the pokes, cuts and bumps I got from the past 4 days. I'm sooo tired it's not funny. My feet were so sore yesterday that I actually cried. It's good that I've got a good boyfriend and he massaged them for me. I woke up this morning and my body's just aching. I want to go back to sleep, but I'd rather go over to Dru's house so he could give me a massage. *hehehe!*

Anyway, I'm off to Jervis Bay for 6 days, so I'll probably put up the Fiji photos when I come back, along with all the photos from my trip :)

(I've actually started on the Fiji blog, but I got too lazy so I didn't finish it)

Fiji

Sorry it's taken me so long to post up my Fiji photos, but finally, I've put in the effort and *tada!* It's a bit of a long entry.... Here it is:

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I finally got my Fiji photos from Dru! I left my camera with him because he wanted it to take photos of his Sofitel project in Fiji. All he did was take photos of wires and stuff. Very boring indeed.

Fortunately, I took a lot of photos in the week and a half I was there. Although I would've taken heaps more if I went to more islands and tours during my time there... but Dru had to work weekdays so I mainly just sat around at the hotel and read my novels and sunbake, which is why I came back a different colour to when I left.

When I first arrived in Fiji, it was almost 7pm.
Now here I was, my first time in Fiji, it's dark and I needed to make my own way (via taxi) to the Mecure hotel where I'd be staying. I can tell you, when I got into that taxi and he started driving through some really dark roads (and when I say dark, I mean pitch black 'cos there weren't any streetlights), I did feel a little scared. Then I saw some shops on the side of the road, a petrol station... and oh look, there's the Mecure! *phew*

As I was being shown to Dru's room, he must've suddenly developed a sixth sense cos he came out to greet me before I'd even reached anywhere near his door. He swore it was the first time that he'd stepped out and he'd just 'sensed' me near.

Now that I think about it, maybe the receptionist called him to let him know I had arrived.

It was a pity that I didn't stay at a resort, otherwise I wouldn't have been so bored all day long. Most days I went into Nadi town to do a little shopping then I'd come back and read my novel in the shade of the palm trees near the pool.

The Mecure Pool and Restaurant

Whenever I went into town, all the Fijian guys would say 'Bula!' to me and try to talk to me. One guy even followed me around and then tried to take me to their 'local' Fijian markets in the backstreets. He even tried to ask me out for dinner that night, but when I told him that my boyfriend probably wouldn't like that, he quickly said that he had to go and pretty much ran/power-walked off.

On the Saturday I was in Fiji, Dru and I rented a car for the day and drove the 3 hours to Suva (Fiji's capital). On the way there, we stopped at Outrigger Resort and gosh it was so big and beautiful! I wished that we stayed there instead!

View from the balcony at Outrigger overlooking the rest of the resort

It's beautiful isn't it? Dru was actually there for a meeting with their manager (or something like that). So I took that time to go down to their beach and have a look around the place.

Walkway in Outrigger

Outrigger's Beach

How nice does that beach look? They even have the sunbrellas and sunchairs for the guests. I dunno about that raft though, I think you can hire them or something.

After Outrigger we kept on going to Suva. I didn't like Suva very much, it was so dirty and busy and the people weren't as friendly as the people in Nadi. But there were big shops there and we ate lunch at KFC. I think Australia's KFC tastes better :P


On several nights we went to Sheraton Resort for dinner. The first one we ate at was a Japanese place called Hamacho that had two menus, a Sukiyaki and a Teppanyaki menu. We went there twice and tried both menus. Both were very delicious. Even their green tea ice cream was yummy.

The green tea ice-cream man wasn't smiling by the time I finished with him...

Even their sunsets looked beautiful:

On the Sunday, we booked a trip to the 'Robinson Crusoe Island'. Getting to the island consisted of a 20-30 minute bus ride to a jetty then a 30minute boat ride. During our bus trip, we got to know some German backpackers who were also holidaying in Fiji.

I can't remember their names.

During the day, we could get a 15minute massage, paddle out on kayaks, snorkel, bush walk, relax, watch coconut tree climbing, fire walking.... oh so many things! It was really great!

That coconut's juice was so fresh and sweet.

I mentioned fire-walking before right? Well it was so amazing. Supposedly only particular Fijians from a special island could do fire-walking. They had all these rules in order to succeed. If you were a single guy, then you have to stay away from all women for a week before you could fire-walk, whilst anyone who was married or had a girlfriend would need to abstain from any intimate 'activity' (including sleeping in the same bed) with their partner for a week beforehand. But that's not what was so amazing about it... see they walked on the hot stones:

The stones were used to cook our lunch. The stones were heated up then the food put on top of it and buried for about 3 hours. So you're probably thinking like I did, 'Cheh, how do we know if it's hot or not?', so after about 4 guys have walked and stomped on the stones, they pour some water onto the rocks:

Look at that steam rise from the hot stones!!!

I was definitely convinced about their hotness!

After lunch, some entertainment followed - war dancing and other dances were performed.

One of the war dances

There's nothing to see up those little skirts of theirs... they're all wearing black bike shorts underneath. Pity... *hehehe*

Then after the dancing, there was flame throwing. That was pretty amazing too. I got some video footage of the flame throwing, but I don't know how to post it up. Oh well.

Flame throwing

Then after all the entertainment, Dru and I went snorkelling. It was only for about an hour. I loved it but Dru didn't enjoy it much, because his snorkel tube wasn't working properly and water kept creeping into the tube and made it difficult for him to breathe.

I was pretty tired that night, after all the kayaking and paddling and snorkelling...

Palm Trees

Three days later, my trip in Fiji ended and I had to come back to Sydney. One thing I really loved about Fiji, was their pineapples. They were sooo delicious! So sweet and yummy. I usually ate them during breakfast. Gosh I'm craving for some right now!

Grad Ball

(I'd like to apologise in advance if things don't make too much sense... I'm so tired right now...)

Last night was the night of my Grad Ball, the last get-together for the Veterinary Class of 2005 (Unless we have reunions in the future...)

Dru got on a plane at 9am (Fiji time) and arrived back in Sydney just before 1pm. By the time I picked him up and drove him back home, it was already 2pm. We were supposed to pick up Connie at 4pm and the Ball starts at 7pm.

It really didn't leave much room for Dru to rest. He napped a little as I drove him home and also as soon as he'd gotten home, but he really didn't get to rest much. I had to wake him up at around 3:30pm so he could figure out what's he's wearing to my Ball. We finally left his house at around 4pm, but we still had to swing by his brother's place so he could find a suitable tie to wear.

He hadn't had lunch since he'd gotten off the plane, so we also had to swing by Subways so he could get some lunch before we went to pick up Connie. It's lucky Connie lives so close to Dru!

Connie had booked a hotel room at Star City for her, Sarah, Dru and I. We checked in at around 5:30pm. Whilst Dru flopped straight onto the bed and fell asleep, Connie and I started to get ready as Sarah made her way to Star City Hotel.

We took so long getting ready that we were late getting there. Did I mention that the party started at 7pm? Well we ended up getting there at 8:30pm.

We missed the entree.... -_-'

Although we were late and missed the first course, I had a great time and took lots of photos. Didn't drink much though, I only had 2 drinks. (I didn't want to look red and drunk in my photos!)

Anyway, I'm just posting up photos for the rest of this blog. I'm so tired, my eyes are starting to shut and trying hard to stay shut.

Me, Connie, Rikako, Jo, Jeff and Sarah

Me, Soo-An, Anne, Melody and Erin

Angie, Meldoy and Me


Dru and Me


Lan and Me


Alice and Me


Rikako and Tin-Chi


Me and Rikako


Dru and Connie


Jo and Jonno


Connie and Me


Dru and Me


Soo-An and Me

There was a bit of a story with Soo-An and I. Near the end of the night, we were in a group photo together and having exactly the same camera, we accidently swapped cameras. Fortunately for us, Dru was on the ball and realised that something wasn't quite right with 'my' camera so I had a look back on the old photos... and realised that it was actually Soo-An's camera. I quickly found her and swapped back. *phew*

I love this photo. Dru looks so 'camp' (in his own words). But I think he looks so cute!

As Dru and I made our way over to Opera Bar to meet up with Jackson after the party, we ran into this poster of The Hoff and Dru just had to get a photo taken with him! There he is, trying to hold The Hoff's hands!

Well, that's it! It's finally time for me to hop into bed!

The Graduation Ceremony

I'm now officially a Bachelor of Veterinary Science Graduate!!

The day dawned a bit cloudy, but fortunately for us it didn't actualy rain. It was quite humid though.

With the big, thick black robes on..... it was soooo hot!!

I'm not going to harp on too much about the day, as I'm sure you all know that Graduation Ceremonies are usually as boring as anything... it'll just be a photo blog today. (Plus I can't be bothered right now... I'm too excited about tonight's Grad Ball to think about what to write!)

Sarah, Jo, Connie, Me, Rikako, Nori in front of the Great Hall

Me, Jo, Connie

Me and Lan

Me and Connie

Yilin, Me, Sarah, Melody

Yilin, Melody, Anne, Erin, Me

Dad, Me, Mum, Alan

I graduated with Second Class Honours. I know that's not a great result, but at least I didn't just get a Pass!!!

Afterwards, we went to dinner at Zilver Restaurant... it was a Chinese Radio Christmas Banquet thing. The night wasn't too bad overall. As with most chinese Banquet-type dinners, there were 'segments' of fun and games for the guests to participate in.

One particular segment was called 'Who's the Best Dressed to the Christmas Theme?'. But really, it was just a chance to call up good-looking girls on stage so everyone could have a perve. *LoL*

Okay, maybe it wasn't that bad, but although they said it was like an overall best dressed (not just girls) no guys made it up on the stage... I wonder why? Hm? Anyway, I was one of the five girls who got 'chosen'!

I don't know what criterias they had for chosing the 'finalists', but it wasn't really to the Christmas theme, was it? It was just such a crack up, they made it like a little mini-beauty pageant! They asked questions and made us walk around on the stage and everything. It was so embarrassing.

That's me flicking my hair after I did a little curtsy at the end of my walk.


I came second place! (Oh man, my arms are so dark!.....)

Gosh that was like the most embarrassing moment I had yesterday. The girl who came first, wearing the red dress, she actually laughed so much about getting first place that a few tears got squeezed out! And they were like, 'it's okay, don't cry!'

Anyway, I better go finish packing up what I need for tonight and blow dry my hair to make it look really beautiful!

A Little More Ranting

Okay, I admit it... I'm BORED!

So I'm back to blog some more. It's kinda sad, isn't it?

I've actually been quite a good girl lately, updating my blog quite often, although I haven't been able to do it every single day. Because the truth is that really, my life in itself is kind of boring, especially since I don't have a job at the moment.

My life isn't like other people's, full of lots of entertaining occurrences and interesting opinions. And really, although I love to read novels, (and have since I was 9y.o. or something - since I learnt to read basically) my writing style's a bit boring, mainly because of my lack of creative brain cells. That's probably why I love to read fiction novels... cos I can never invent such an exciting world for myself...

Now that I think about it, the real reason why I've always loved reading is because I love the feeling of escaping from this world and into the imaginative one. A world where I don't need to make choices, think about confusing issues, think about the future or anything like that. I just need to read on, the story unfolds like magic, and everything is revealed to you by the last page. There's no need to think about anything whilst you read.

It's the escape from the real world that I truly love.

My mother always says that I'm deaf when I read, like I can't hear anything that goes on around me. She's always found that when she speaks to me while I'm reading, I simply just don't know that she is talking to me. She's always thought that I ignore her on purpose.

I really am deaf when I read. I hear things, but I don't really hear it, it just becomes background noise that I don't make sense of.

Why am I even talking about reading? I don't know.

I'm reading Patricia Cornwell's latest novel 'Predator' at the moment. I haven't read the book before it, so I'm a little confused as to what's happening with the relationships between the characters.

Gosh I'm such a nerd. Every time I go into a shopping centre, there are two main stops for me. One's the Pet Shop, and the other is bookstores (whether it's Dymocks, or Angus and Robertson, or Collins, etc.)

I remember going to Hornsby for dinner for the first time, and what was the thing that excited me most that night? The huge bookstore (I can't remember the name... I think it was Borders) next to the carpark! Too bad it was closed. *LoL* (To my friend who took me there for dinner if you're reading this: err... I enjoyed dinner with you, I really did, I swear!)

Thinking back.... In primary school, I was the girl who didn't have many friends and so went to the library during lunch times (almost every lunch time), because my sole enjoyment was to read novels and borrow them. It wasn't until Year 5, when I finally had a best friend, that I stopped going to the library during lunch. In Year 7 & 8, I borrowed so many books that the librarian was amazed at how many books I had borrowed over those 2 years. I can't remember the exact figure, but I think it numbered in the hundreds.

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Okay enough about reading, the topic's going a little cold. So back to this Fri and Sat.... my Graduation and Grad Ball!

It's getting a little more complicated than I had anticipated...

Originally, Dru was supposed to be here for my grad ceremony and Ball, so it was not a complicated situation at all.

Then he was asked to go to Fiji for a project.

Bloody 'Fiji Time'!! So much slower than normal time, plus it tooks ages for his equipment to clear customs, his hard drive died, people are working so slowly... it all adds to one conclusion - it's doubtful whether he'll be able to make it back in time this Friday.

I had then asked a male friend of mine, but he said he had a Christmas party on the same night... so I asked a female friend of mine.... now the first friend says he can take me... but Dru might be able to make it back in time to go with me.... and..... *confuzzled* I don't know what I should do!

First of all, I'll need to make sure whether Dru can come back in time or not, which he says he'll be able to tell me by tomorrow morning (as he'd need to finish everything before the end of tomorrow night, if he is indeed going to come back on Friday - there's only one flight from Fiji to Sydney and the plane leaves at 9am). Poor Dru, he put in a biiiig day at work yesterday and when I called him earlier today, he said he'll probably be working til 11pm tonight (which has already passed for him, it's almost midnight in Fiji). He sounded so stressed out that I started to feel more-than-a-little guilty about hurrying him home.

But as a friend said, and I quote, '...he is doing it for you...you shouldn't feel guilty, he wants to...', which made me feel a little bit better. But still I worry for Dru's stress levels :((

I hope he's sleeping right now and not working. *sigh*

And since I'm on the topic of sleeping, I think I need some of that myself! Goodnight!

A Little Rant

It's 9:30pm on Wednesday night, and in another 56hours (or so), I'm going to be a Veterinary Science Graduate! Fully qualified to be a Vet! Although I still can't quite see myself being a Vet...

It's weird.

I've studied full-time (and I mean full-time as in '9am to 5pm, Mon to Fri' type of full-time, not '10am to 2pm, 3 days a week' type...) at Uni for the past 5 years, yet now that I'm at the end of this particular road, the windshield's a little foggy, and I still feel like I don't know where I'm heading.

I just can't imagine myself in a labcoat, in a consultation room, with a stethoscope around my neck, with an animal on the table..... and diagnose what disease it has.

Maybe I'm just scared?

I'm scared people won't have confidence in me... come to think of it... do I even have confidence in myself?!?

I still haven't found a job yet, and although I've been acting all annoyed when my mum gets on my back about finding a good job, I'm starting to get a little worried too. But of course I don't let my mum know, in case she worries even more.

A lot of my working friends are telling me to relax and enjoy my holiday while I can, cos I have the rest of my life ahead to work, so what's the rush? Plus once you start working, it's damn difficult to take time off and go on nice holidays and feel relaxed.

I totally believe that.

And I intend to enjoy this Christmas/New Year's holiday while it lasts :) I'll worry about looking for a job again after New Year's has come and gone.

I'm pretty sure many of my colleagues haven't found a job yet.... right?

So far at least 3 of my friends have found jobs already, some starting their job as early as next Monday... the Monday straight after our Graduation!!!

Actually, now that I think about it... I'm glad I haven't found a job yet. Although that particular friend did go to China for about a month (she only just came back yesterday, or the day before) so she did enjoy a holiday before beginning work.

Still.... Monday seems a bit soon.

Hmm, but I do feel a tiny twinge of jealousy and envy, cos she'll be earning money as a vet soon! I feel like I'm lagging behind....

I'm really glad the HK job never ended up happening. Even though it would've been kinda nice to be able to say nonchalantly at the Graduation, 'Oh I've got a job lined up in HK for January.' *Accompanied by a cool, dismissing flick of the hand*

Alas, 'tis not to be....

Impending Graduation

Sorry for not updating my blog for the past 2 weeks.

I went to Fiji for a week and a half during those 2 weeks, and I was going to update my blog as soon as I got back, except that I had to leave my camera in Fiji with Dru, so I don't have my photos to accompany the blog entry.... hence, I decided not to blog about it until Dru comes back with my camera!

So, what have I been doing since I got back?

I've been shopping! (Mainly...) I've got my Graduation Ceremony on Friday (16/12) so I've had to think of what I'm going to wear for that, although I know you won't see what I'm wearing anyway, cos I've got the big robes to cover everything... still, I need to figure out what to wear! I'll probably just be wearing a blouse and skirt, something simple... I don't think I have a suitable dress to wear...

Then on the Saturday (17/12), I've got my Graduation Ball!!

I just HAD to go shopping for it! The dress code is coat and tie for guys, and cocktail/semi-formal for girls. I really didn't have anything suitable (that I haven't worn before) to wear, so I looked and looked for a nice dress to wear....

And I finally found it on Saturday:


A nice apple green dress that I can dress up with accessories. This is probably the only piece of clothing in my cupboard that has such a low neckline... I hope I will be comfortable with showing so much cleavage! I've also bought some Hollywood tape.... to tape the dress down in appropriate areas so no accidental sightings will occur :P

I'm so tanned from Fiji that the colour actually looks good with the dress. If I was pale, it wouldn't look as nice, I think.

I originally thought about getting my hair professional done for the night, but I'm just going to settle with pinning one side of my hair up with a nice hair accessory that's like a flower with some feathers (sounds kinda dodgy huh? But hopefully it will look okay!). If it really doesn't look that nice, I can always just leave my hair out without doing anything to it.

I'm still deciding/looking on what necklace and bracelet to wear, which will suit the dress the most. I'm thinking of bronze accessories, which will match the little bronze beads on the straps. Bronze bangles perhaps? And a nice bronze-coloured, long necklace...

I've still got a few days to look for a nice necklace wear! Hmm... and for earrings..... I'm still looking!

I've bought a nice simple black clasp bag, which I can wear to other functions again and again :)

And shoes... I'll probably just wear black shoes... Don't know whether that will match the dress and bronze accessories though.... Doesn't seem quite right.... *sigh* I don't want to buy new shoes for this AS WELL!

I hope Dru will be able to come back from Fiji in time for my Graduation Ceremony and Ball. Although I've asked Helen to come to the Ball instead, if Dru can't make it. Is that a bit dodgy? Like if Dru comes back, then I take back my invitation? I don't know! But I've already paid $110 for the ticket, so of course I want someone to come right? No use wasting $110, right??

Well anyway, I really hope Dru comes back soon, I miss him! Plus I want my Fiji photos!!!!